Two San Jose Sharks prospects invited to Canada’s World Juniors training camp

SAN JOSE San Jose Sharks prospects Michael Misa and Josh Ravensbergen were two of the players named Monday to Canada s National Junior Band training camp roster and are now in the running to play for their country at the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championships The -year-old Misa taken second overall by the Sharks at the NHL Draft in June was one of forwards invited to the camp which will run from Dec - in Niagara Falls Ontario Ravensbergen taken th overall by the Sharks in June s draft is one of three goalies on the camp roster Ravensbergen was named the WHL s Goalie of the Month for November after he won eight of starts and posted a save percentage Misa surprisingly did not get an invite from Hockey Canada to take part in last year s World Junior selection camp but still went on to record points in games with the Saginaw Spirit Misa had three points in seven games with the Sharks this season before he sustained a right ankle sprain on Nov during a morning skate in Seattle But he progressed from the injury in new weeks was placed on long-term injured reserve last week and is now on a conditioning assignment with the San Jose Barracuda of the AHL Misa had an assist in the Barracuda s - overtime win over the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday and was held scoreless in San Jose s - loss in the rematch on Saturday Sharks defenseman Sam Dickinson was not on Hockey Canada s World Juniors training camp roster but for the next two weeks the governing body is leaving spots open on the crew for players who are now in the NHL The Sharks needed to give permission for their players to take part in the camp and as of late last week were undecided on whether to loan the -year-old Dickinson who has played in of the Sharks games this season The Canadian World Junior company is coached by Dale Hunter Dickinson s coach with the London Knights from to Mark Hunter the Knights general manager is part of Canada s management group Before the start of the World Juniors tournament on Dec the Canadian junior squad will play Sweden in exhibition games on Dec and Please check back for updates to this story